The site was proposed to be added to the National Priorities list in December 1982 and was listed on the National Priorities List ten months later on September 8, 1983. The site EPA ID is NJD980505176, received a score of 58.13 and is labeled 42 U.S.C 9605 (NJEPA, 2008). This placed the site ranking at number ten in the state and since it received a score higher than 28.50 it was added to the NPL list. The score was derived from the site investigation and observed three main categories; groundwater, surface, air contamination. Groundwater contamination received a score of 100%, while surface water received a score of 15%, and air contamination was 0% (EPA, 1985). Although this site has not received Federal funding, remediation efforts are overseen by the NJDEP and EPA. Before being placed on the National Priorities List, in November 1980 it was advised by the NJDEP that all residents within 0.5 miles of the site that were obtaining their water from shallow wells to refrain from doing so until further testing was completed. This received backlash, and the actions and placement of this site on the NPL list were questioned for years surrounding its proposal and addition to the NPL. Testing was completing in the following years and information was requested from the EPA on multiple occasions in reference to the contamination specifics of the site. Finally, in 1984 The Birdsall Engineering Group began preparing a Work Plan and Quality Assurance plan for the site only the received continued denial of the by Mr. Croce of the Hazardous Sites Mitigation Administration (Chankalian). The revised and reworked plan was brought to Trenton by the NJDEP and the Township of Brick and it was advised in this meeting that the steps of approach instructed by the Birdsall Cooperation were not acceptable. The first official study was completed in April 1987 by Ebasco Services and the second was completed by the Birdsall Engineering Group. In 1993 a report by Brick Townships engineering firm questioned the validity of this site being placed on the Superfund list. The findings and placement on to the National Priorities List gave restrictions to real estate in the surrounding area and decreased property values around the site. Since the location was surrounded by residential areas it had a direct effect on the community structure surrounding it. According to Kathy Szymanski, a longtime resident of Brick Township, before the area was fenced off it was visited by bike riders, children, and others in search of recreation. The area was never viewed as a threat, and the people living surrounding the area were more interested in the views of the woods and wildlife surrounding their homes than remediating the site. March 12, 1986 the Brick Township Planning board denied a proposal for 180 new single family homes to be built adjacent to the French’s Landfill (Kull, 1986). Due to the unknown nature of the extent of the contamination on site, this received much backlash from the building developer, who then pushed the case to a state judge where it was approved for building.